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“There were no marks on the body, and nothing to suggest he had taken his own life. There was no indication at all,” Mr Hughes added.

Vinny Smith, who was released from prison five years ago, told the court he did not believe the number of cases of people abusing Spice in prison was “few and far between” and that it “happened daily”.

Sonny Lawrence

The post-mortem report by Dr Russell Delaney, a Home Officer pathologist, found no major injuries to Lawrence’s body.

He had found traces of Valium and Ketamine in his blood, but could not find any signs of Spice.

In his report, Dr Delaney said Lawrence had suffered from severe heart disease, with three arteries nearly blocked.

One was as small as a “pinpoint”, he told the court, while the other two arteries were only half open.